medicare spends $50 billion a year on these 10 drugs. american seniors are spending $3.4 billion in out of rocket costs -- pocket costs. if you compare the total drug price globally, the united states is a outlier. one of the drugs that treats blood clots costs $80 for a monthly prescription in canada. the same exact drug in the united states cost over 200 and $70 a month made by the same company here in the united states of america, tripled the cost. big pharma charges americans more than three times more than they charge other countries because they couldn't. i think it is outrageous. that is why these negotiations matters. reducing the price on drugs along will help more than 900 million americans. in january of 2026, the new prices will go into effect. we are not stopping there. next year, medicare will select more drugs for negotiations so more americans get more savings on life-saving medications that they need and deserve. big pharma does not want this to happen as you might expect. [applause] there was a lot of great republicans

while we're at it, we need to strengthen medicare, both social security and medicare. and we have a bill that's had its hearing in the budget committee to strengthen social security and medicare by making people who are making over $400,000 a year, and the superrich, who hide their income through all sorts of tricks so it doesn't show up as regular income, pay a fair share, support these essential programs. so, we can celebrate a win today, and we can go forward with confidence to future wins. and with that, i yield the floor. mr. welch: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. welch -- mr. welch: i join my colleagues in celebrating this achievement, allowing the american people to have a benefit of a government that will stand up to negotiate prices and try its best to make the prescription medications that they need for themselves and the people they love to be affordable. you know, what is a greater responsibility that a government has to its citizens to help create a health care system that is accessible and is affordable? why is it that in t

there is an alternative to medicare called medicare advantage.t is called -- it costs the federal government more money because of the way the they recorded their costs. just getting rid of some of the fraud and misreporting could save hundreds of billions of dollars over a decade. host: john. independent. >> thank you. i don't have an issue with the government shutdown over this spending. the ahead have one -- they have two jobs that would help me. securing the border and true church them without -- with our strong military. our taxes in con so -- i will otieno how your guest response to that. host: ok. guests: the insomnia into -- most of with the special security program does an initial not resolve. wherever when you have a permanent shutdown. it might be for a week or a month and then will go back and we have federal employees for not working over that time. we will have backlogs and waste with no actual upside unless it leads to serious policy change. host: a disabled. -- and you say it won't. guest: it could. the only thing that that could

medicare is merely for retirees. for some survivors, it's mini for retirees. 700 million in cost and rising quickly. medicaid is mainly for low income and it is a similar cost overall but the states are paying for half of it. it is more likely hundred, 400 billion at the federal level. most of it is for u.s. citizens. many of it is for mothers, recent mothers come a pregnant women. >> mark, were you watching for in these days ahead as the slimming shut down hangs over washington? what are you watching for? >> they are not going to figure out how to fund the government on time. the rule says we need to have 12 appropriations done by now. they are not going to do that. what they are going to do, i hope, is kick the cab. it will do a continued resolution. the alternative shutdown which is extremely wasteful. but i am hoping for is an agreement on a relatively short kick the can with the process for them to get agreement on that i should've passed a long time ago. what i worry about is that the house in the senate so far

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medicare has not been negotiating drug prices.on in the law, you called and had a sweetheart deal, the pharmaceutical companies got decades ago in currency courtesy of president biden and his administration, the inflation reduction act eliminated it. so, we went through that list of drugs, and they are impressive, they deal with things, running the gamut of blood clots, diabetes, crohn's disease. i want to know actually the medications, trading conditions, disproportionately impact black americans, which is notable and a good. i guess my next question for you is when can we expect to see more drugs added to this list? >> great, so, this is the first -- this is really just the first ten drugs. next year, they will be 15 more drugs. after that, they will be 15 more, and then 20 every year. so it's really important to remember that for medications that aren't on this list, they may be on future lists. and this is exactly why pharma has been going to the courts to try to stop this because they know that this is really designed to ensu

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but if they were to, it would be a huge burden for medicare.estimates in that if 10% of participants took the drug, it would cost about $26 billion a year which is about one-fifth of the cost of all drugs in medicare. jack: wow. so, ben, novo nordisk, eli lilly standing to make literally hundreds of billions of dollars on this. is that all priced into the stock right now? >> i would have said it was until about a week ago, and novo nordisk had become the most valuable stock in europe. lilly is up a ton. both stocks have pulled back, and if you're the kind who likes to buy the dip and a momentum investor, probably would be a pretty decent time to go in and pick these up. but if you're thinking very long term the, i think you have to worry that a lot of the good news is priced into these stocks at this point. you hear analysts talk about really being only two stocks in pharma that you can own and that's novo and lilly, and i think at some point you do have to worry about competitors, prices under pressure a little bit and maybe just not as profit

they cut social security, medicare and medicaid. number three, it raises costs for families and investment in the middle class. they are going to get another tax cut worth more than two times what the typical american family makes innocently year. two times with the average family makes in a year will be the tax cuts they are proposing to give to the very wealthy. what i was able to do, this is the g7 among the nato countries. i was able to get them all to agree and then around the world, all those democracies agree that we are going to have a global minimum tax on corporations. meaning that you could not offer attacks in the country. that couple newman tax to be the better part of the get done. they want to get rid of them and let corporations go back to shifting profits overseas. who is going to pay for that? now we know because the mega republicans have finally released to the budget i just referenced. the rough -- the answer is seniors and hard-working americans are going to pay for it. they don't talk about the budget. it is li

we will preserve social security and medicare for the next generation.ill limit on benefits on the wealthy burrell expand the medicare advantage plan that seniors love increase competition. i will raise the retirement age only for younger people who are just entering the system. americans are living 15 years longer than they were in the 30s. we don't get out this 20th century mindset social security and medicare will survive the first half of the 21st century. i recognize social security and medicare are the last things the political class want to talk about. well, i just did it. any candidate who refuses to address this should be disqualified. they will take your vote and they will leave you broke. if we do nothing social security will be bankrupt in 10 years. medicare will be bankrupt in h. we need leaders are going to fight for you, not for themselves. for that matter we need a leader who will stand up to democrats and republicans. republicans talk a big game there nearly as reckless as the democrats on spending. donald trump added 8 trillion to the n

i also want to let the commission know that we did apply for our medicare funding, our medicare application was submitted to cms on august 23, we are survey ready and expecting a survey at any time at laguna, if you recall those surveys are unannounced. next item, with regards to covid-19, the commissioners are likely that we're seeing an increase in covid-19 cases, locally and state wide and across the country, thankfully even with these variants, boosters and baxovid are making a difference and due to the ending of the may, of this federal state of emergency and vas reductions in federal funding for covid-19 services, we have had to reduce our covid-19 footprint in the community in terms of providing services to at certain community testing sites and you can see where the sites will be closed. and thankfully we will continue to offer, testing at ella hutch center so i just want to call your attention to that. we do expect the cdc to announce when the fall covid booster will be available, we made that announcement anytime. right now, we believe that the covid booster would be available at

adding to the cost of social security and medicare went up sharply because of inflation and our interest costs are as high as they've ever been since the 90's, with the average interest rate on new debt, even 5.5% in some cases. host: who is to blame? guest: host: we all are. the voters need to take was possibility because we love low taxes, government services and benefits. politicians keep making promises they can't afford. they tell us don't worry about the borrowing because it will pay for itself or the spending program is so important. many of the economists are to blame. when interest rates were low, they said borrowing is cheap, let's do it. it did not occur to them interest rates will rise and we are going to roll over the cheap debt into expensive debt. host: this chart from your report shows the divergence between spending and revenue over the years. what can you tell us? what has been happening? guest: two things. we keep cutting taxes so revenue has a built in growth and as incomes grow up, revenue should be growing. that is not happen if we keep cutting taxes. the other is i

medicare will be bankrupt and eight. leaders that are goingkr to fight for you, not themselves. for that matter, we need a leader that will stand up to democrats and republicans. republicans talk a big game but they are nearly as reckless as the democrats on spending. donald trump added 8 trillion to the national debt, and republicans brought back your remarks and pork projects only ten years after killing them. republicans put in $7.4 billion in special-interest earmarks in this 2024 spending bill. 7.4 million. democrats put in 2.8 billion. so you tell me who are the big spenders now? and i hold them all accountable. as governor of south carolina i thought republicans and democrats to bring fiscal transparency and discipline to the state. they didn't like it, but we did it anyway. it's time to do the same in washington. when i pick a fight, the people always win. [applause] fiscal sanity and tax relief will and power every american to charter a better future yet the freedom plan doesn't stop there. i will stop washingto

and at 65, people are forced to be on medicare. i was onre medicaid and now i'mn medicare.edicaid is no longer an option. i cannot afford to pay for my medication. there's quite a few things i have to take to keep going. i have been thinking that i would probably be better off fighting medicare because it's not affordable. i have to pay my monthly dues 164 a month for parts a and b. and i cannot afford my medication. i have to pay out-of-pocket now. it's better to be on medicaid and medicare. so what can the presidents were also -- i am a can situate of governor inslee and of president biden. what can we do to make a medicare affordable? i mean it is really hurting me. >> carol from washington state. she talked in large about that medicare/medicaid issue be doing to respond? what's one thing we've seen recently this past couple weeks is medicare is led to negotiate drug prices which was passed last summer which was a huge issue for democrats are pushing his policy for long time. the government can negotiate with drug companies to try to reducedi prices of medication current

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just look at the top 10 drugs that the medicare system is buying across america. not surprisingly these drugs which have twister names are familiar to mostar americans. why? the pharmaceutical companies have put so many ads on television for the drug xarelto we cannot only pronounce that we can spell it. xarelto is a drug that appeals to me people. certainly to senior citizens. for the record there only two nations in the world not television advertising pharmaceutical prices, the united states pharmaceutical drugs. united states and new zealand of all things awaited awarded the pharmaceutical companies more money on television as a marketing than they do on research to find new drugs and cures? they do that because they make money on it. trying to reach american consumers in this case senior citizens and convince them the next time they go to a doctor's appointment and ask for one of these drugs at doctor may decide to councilperson if they aren't appropriate for the challenges they faced they may offer a generic it's cheaper and they try to talk him out at that

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it is better to be on medicaid than on medicare. so what can the president or also the -- i am a constituent of governor hensley and a constituent of president biden. what can we do to make medicare affordable? it is really hurting me. host: that is carol from washington state. she talks in large about the medicare/medicaid issue but if you would like to respond. guest: one thing we ever seen -- we have seen recently as medicare is allowed to negotiate drug prices which is something passed the inflation reduction act last summer which is a huge victory for democrats who were pushing for this policy for a long time. the government can negotiate with drug companies to reduce prices of medications currently a limited list of medications at the moment, they are trying to expand it, that is major for people who want to lower the cost of health care. this is proposed by health care companies that say this is able to stifle innovations but that is lowering costs. host: how are guest is working a punch will not talk about the partnership be